Wondering aloud..... (great Jethro Tull song)

Cheapo boxes of wall tiles - can anyone advise whether these are
really square and consistent?

Just finished tiling a bathroom and the grout lines aren't perfect.
Too my time lining up the tiles etc, and the only thing I can think of
is that these cheapo boxes of tiles aren't accurately sized.

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

PoP

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I have just completed a kitchen job for a mate and he bought cheap (35p
each) tiles. They were OK but the lack of quality certainly shows when
compared to more expensive tiles. I found a lack of glaze on the corners was
a big problem in that the raw tile showed through on the edges of the grout
requiring double grouting and a load of messing about. They were quite
square and consistent though although there was a very slight difference in
size (.2mm) between different coloured tiles.


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Wondering aloud..... (great Jethro Tull song)

Cheapo boxes of wall tiles - can anyone advise whether these are
really square and consistent?

Just finished tiling a bathroom and the grout lines aren't perfect.
Too my time lining up the tiles etc, and the only thing I can think of
is that these cheapo boxes of tiles aren't accurately sized.

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

PoP

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On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:32:38 +0000, PoP wrote:
Wondering aloud..... (great Jethro Tull song)

Cheapo boxes of wall tiles - can anyone advise whether these are
really square and consistent?

Just finished tiling a bathroom and the grout lines aren't perfect.
Too my time lining up the tiles etc, and the only thing I can think of
is that these cheapo boxes of tiles aren't accurately sized.

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

PoP
Mine were not square, or consistantly not square. I will NEVER buy cheep tiles again ......
they anoy me every time I look at them.

Rick

Rick Dipper wrote:

On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:32:38 +0000, PoP wrote:

Wondering aloud..... (great Jethro Tull song)

Cheapo boxes of wall tiles - can anyone advise whether these are
really square and consistent?

Just finished tiling a bathroom and the grout lines aren't perfect.
Too my time lining up the tiles etc, and the only thing I can think of
is that these cheapo boxes of tiles aren't accurately sized.

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

PoP

Mine were not square, or consistantly not square. I will NEVER buy cheep tiles again ......
they anoy me every time I look at them.



You can get good quaility trade whites at about 6.50 a square meter from
builders merchants.

Anythng halfway decent is 10 a squere or more.


Rick

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:37:19 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

You can get good quaility trade whites at about 6.50 a square meter from
builders merchants.

I know these tiles were bought in Focus DIY. They appear to sell
shedloads of them, I can almost see David Jason selling these out of
the back of a Reliant!

PoP

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PoP wrote
Wondering aloud..... (great Jethro Tull song)

Cheapo boxes of wall tiles - can anyone advise whether these are
really square and consistent?

heh. I've bought tiny terracotta tiles for the floor in the kitchen.
210 of them laid later (70-odd to go), there's a few the wrong size
and a bit bowed. After the 180'th I decided I was taking far too much
time farting around getting them perfect, when only I would notice the
odd imperfect grout line. The rest have flown down ;-)

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

I said that after the bathroom. Fortunately I'd bought the biggest
tiles the wall would allow and I did the lot with 90.

Cheers,

Paul.

On 4 Mar 2004 21:39:39 -0800, (Zymurgy)
wrote:

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

I said that after the bathroom. Fortunately I'd bought the biggest
tiles the wall would allow and I did the lot with 90.

In my mindless wandering around various DIY sheds which I'm prone to
do on a regular basis I did come across some large format wall tiles,
and that got me wondering whether this would make tiling in a bathroom
easier?

I'm sure it must do as there are less operations involved.

I also noticed in Homebase that they had packs of 4mm tile spacers.
I've been using 2mm, and wondered whether 4mm spacers would improve
tiling operations?

Though maybe those 4mm spacers are for floor tiles. Can't remember
which section they were in now....

PoP

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PoP wrote:

On 4 Mar 2004 21:39:39 -0800, (Zymurgy)
wrote:


I never want to do a tiling job again.....

I said that after the bathroom. Fortunately I'd bought the biggest
tiles the wall would allow and I did the lot with 90.


In my mindless wandering around various DIY sheds which I'm prone to
do on a regular basis I did come across some large format wall tiles,
and that got me wondering whether this would make tiling in a bathroom
easier?

I'm sure it must do as there are less operations involved.

I also noticed in Homebase that they had packs of 4mm tile spacers.
I've been using 2mm, and wondered whether 4mm spacers would improve
tiling operations?

Though maybe those 4mm spacers are for floor tiles. Can't remember
which section they were in now....



I us 3mm for tiiles up to 150mm and then 4 or even 5mm.


PoP

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On 5 Mar 2004 09:44:14 GMT, (Huge) wrote:

PoP writes:
On 4 Mar 2004 21:39:39 -0800, (Zymurgy)
wrote:

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

I said that after the bathroom. Fortunately I'd bought the biggest
tiles the wall would allow and I did the lot with 90.

In my mindless wandering around various DIY sheds which I'm prone to
do on a regular basis I did come across some large format wall tiles,
and that got me wondering whether this would make tiling in a bathroom
easier?

Hope so. The ones I've bought for the bathroom I'm doing at the moment
are 33cm on a side. A box of 10 is bloody heavy.

What a weird size. I hope your walls are true - the bigger the tile, the
more difficult it is to cope with slight irregularities.

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On 5 Mar 2004 10:50:52 GMT, (Huge) wrote:

John Laird writes:
On 5 Mar 2004 09:44:14 GMT, (Huge) wrote:

Hope so. The ones I've bought for the bathroom I'm doing at the moment
are 33cm on a side. A box of 10 is bloody heavy.

What a weird size.

9 make a square metre, innit.

Doh. Put like that, makes more sense. Hope you've got a big spreader.

I hope your walls are true

I believe so.

Famous last words...

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PoP wrote
(Zymurgy) wrote:

I never want to do a tiling job again.....

I said that after the bathroom. Fortunately I'd bought the biggest
tiles the wall would allow and I did the lot with 90.

I did come across some large format wall tiles, and that got me wondering
whether this would make tiling in a bathroom easier?

I'm sure it must do as there are less operations involved.

Much easier as the coverage is greater, and fewer line-ups to be done.

/But/ make sure the walls are sraight and as true as possible. They
are a nightmare if the wall is uneven. I have some interesting 'build
ups' of adhesive behind mine in places.

I also noticed in Homebase that they had packs of 4mm tile spacers.
I've been using 2mm, and wondered whether 4mm spacers would improve
tiling operations?

I think the grout lines would be too wide on a wall with 4mm spacers.
You'd also use a hell of a lot of grout, and that white microban stuff
is pricey.

4mm on floors is fine, and the Grey grout is cheap as chips.

Cheers,

Paul.

"Huge" wrote
| are 33cm on a side. A box of 10
| What a weird size.
| 9 make a square metre, innit.

So why not sell them in boxes of nine?

Owain

Zymurgy wrote:

Much easier as the coverage is greater, and fewer line-ups to be done.

Doesn't the trimming get more tricky, especially curves?

Chris
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In article , Owain wrote:
So why not sell them in boxes of nine?

Wickes have some 150x150's in boxes of 44 = 1m2

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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 15:12:18 -0000, "Owain"
wrote:

"Huge" wrote
| are 33cm on a side. A box of 10
| What a weird size.
| 9 make a square metre, innit.

So why not sell them in boxes of nine?

Maybe the 10th is a spare to cover breakages.

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Chris J Dixon wrote
Zymurgy wrote:

Much easier as the coverage is greater, and fewer line-ups to be done.

Doesn't the trimming get more tricky, especially curves?

I don't live in a lighthouse ;-)

But actually, not as far as I can tell, but my tiling knowledge isn't
extensive.

I just made sure I did 4 tiles up from the floor, (I was only going up
2/3 of the way) and used full tiles on the far wall that was visible
when the door opens. I pieced the wall next to the door that is
initially out of view.

There weren't any cutouts as I've used a pull switch on the ceiling.

All vertical trims were made with a cheapo electric tile cutter. Far
less wastage with tiling newbies like me.

Cheers,

Paul.

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:20:45 GMT, Tony Bryer
wrote:

Wickes have some 150x150's in boxes of 44 = 1m2

Those are the ones I've spent the last week fitting, only they were
bought in Focus DIY.

PoP

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